title: Oral calcium supplementation in peripartum dairy cows.
abstract: Hypocalcemia in dairy cattle around parturition can be manifest as clinical milk fever or subclinical hypocalcemia. Subclinical hypocalcemia has the greatest economic effect because it affects a much higher proportion of cows. Oral calcium supplements are used to mitigate the effects of both forms of hypocalcemia. Oral calcium supplements are appropriate for cows displaying early clinical signs of hypocalcemia and prophylactically to lessen the negative impacts of hypocalcemia.
authors.affiliation: Food Animal Production Medicine, Department of Medical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2015 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA. groetzel@wisc.edu
authors.forename: Garrett R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Oetzel
mesh_terms: D000824:Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D002136:Calcium, Dietary / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D019587:Dietary Supplements; D005260:Female; D006996:Hypocalcemia / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000662:veterinary*; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D058725:Peripartum Period
chemical_list: D002136:Calcium, Dietary